The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-03
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tives with a feat Of strength the other day. He
took q new pack of cards. and by q quick mo-
ton of his hands tore it right through
JAMES B. BELL who is mentioned as having
been an eccentric man, died recently in Middle
field, Conn. He leaves four wives, and has gone
TO meet three, and at the time OF his death he
was preparing for his eighth marriage.
SIMON CAMERON announces, at the age of SO
years, that he proposes to make a European
tour every two or three years to watch the
progress # civilization. An old man of such
spunk is worth dozen of half bis years.
MISS RHoDA BURcHETT, a prominent young
lady at Owensboro, has given birth to child
without ears eyes or arms. 1t has a patch of
hair on each check and also between the Snoul-
ders. The report says it is living and doing
well.
A MEETING of colored men of English birth
was held in Boston last week for the purpose of
arranging to join the British American Associa-
lion 1t is said that there are between 800 and
500 cOlored British subjects in Boston and nearly
5000 scattered throughout the State.
, To construct new railroads in the United
States and repair old ones, according to
the estimate of timber of the forestry division
of the Agricultural Department. a total of
30, l2,25S cubic feet of lumber is used annually.
THIS equivalent to over 800 900 900 feet of round
timber.
for the very wealthy. People with incomes of
10000 to 81, 900 year no longer make
show there and participate IN fashionable
gayety. An income of $4,000 even does not
enable one to meet the eXacting demands of the
American Vanity Fair.
FIRE AND SMOKE issuing from the show win
dow of dealer in spectacles in Torquay, Eng,
attracted the attention of a pasSerby, who en-
tered and aroused the proprietor. The sun
rays had become focused through the glass of u
pair of spectacles which were shown in a win
dow, and thus ignited shade.
SENoRITA MATILDE MoNToYA is the first Next
can girl to become doctor. committee of
young men of the City of Mexico got mp bull
fight in honor of her courage, and devoted the
proceeds to the purchase of books and instru-
mentS for her In the bull fight two of the
toreros were hurt, one of them seriously.
WINE from a Theoretically sealed bottle ex-
humed in 1877, from the Roman Cemetery of
AliscampS near Aries, is said by the London
Globe to have been analysed by Berthelot, the
well-known French chemist. The analysis
shows that the liquid has retained its vinouS
character, and contained Az per cent of alco-
hol.
LAST WEEK at Durazno, Snaloa, in Mexico,
seven bandits entered the place. The inhabi-
tants treated them kindly, and got up ball in
their honor. The uncanny guests were literally
piled with liquor and when qnite drunk were
SeU on Dy men ana NODleI. dTUeu WIFI Knives,
and all killed eXcels one, who escaped badly
wounded.
AMONG the relics taken from the High Mound,
near the Ohio river, recently, were two silver
crosses and thirty silver shoe buckles The
buckles, bearing the French crown and date of
1870, were probably part of a convent outfit and
belonged to some Jesuit missionaries. This i'll
dicateS the use of the mounds as burial places
down to quite recent times
AT MONTICELLO N. Y, few days ago a con-
test between a black snake feet long and a
water moccaSin Is inches long was witnessed by
several people. The moccaSn had the battle all
its own way. 1t coiled itself so tightly around
tie neck of its opponent that ridges half
inch deep were inibedded in the flesh. The black
snake was choked to death.
In the stomach of man-eatng shark caught
off the coast of Virginia, were shoulder Of
bacon, piece of beef weighing five pounds and
the shoulder blade of some good-Sized animal.
A schooner had gone to pieces few days pre-
viouSly not far from where the shark was
caught. and that probably accounted for the
creatures wellfed condition.
ALTHOUGH Californians have given much at
tention to the cultivation of the olive, the oil
produced lacks the best qualities of good Italian
oil 1t has not the rich color of the oil of Italy
1t is so limpid. and is wanting in the aromatic
flavor so desirable. Italian experts think that
the California olive growers have not gone
high enough in the mountains.
DR.. w l. WHITE of Council Bluffs gave the
President health charm as he rode through
that city. AS he put it into the President hand
| he said: That's Christian charm to cure all
manner of diseases. When you had rheumatic
| last winter sent you a charm that cured you
and saved your life This will save your life and
bring you into the kingdom of God"
THERE are twenty five academies and sem
| inares in Indian Territory to which the youths
of the different tribes have access, and now they
will soon have a college. Subscriptions amount
ing to $4,000 have already been raised, and
building will begin next spring. 1t is to be To-
Gated at Vinita. and named Galloway College,
after Bishop Galloway, of Mississippi
B. B. BUNNELL, of Bradford, Conn, has in
vented an automatic lamp which goes by clock
work When the right hour comes a cap is
drawn over the wick leaving small blaze; the
cap is lifted when the lamp is needed again.
Several of these are use in the streets of New
London, and 30 without any care for several
days, a large tank of oil supplying them.
IT Is reported that the old Great Eastern is to
be brought to New York and converted into a
floating hotel and ocean excursion boat II is
said that she has just been re-sold in London for
S105, 900, which shows that she has passed into
new hands, and il may be these that are acting
for the New Workers. The alleged syndicate in
cudes some wealthy theatrical and Wall street
people.
MARTIN GATFoRI, aged p, has Just been sen.
fenced to penal servitude for life by the Corsi-
can AsSZe Court In four years he has commit
ted fifty highway robberies and several murders
Once he lay in wait for the local magistrate
compelled him to sign judgment in favor of
Gaforis brother in a litigation pending. and
then took all the magistrates money and scared
him that he did not dare make complaint
to the police until Gaffori was arrested
EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO, when the dir brake was
tried it required eighteen seconds to apply it to
q train 1000 feet long. Four years later the
time reduced four seconds. Rec3nt exneri-
ments with the air brake on freight trains show
that it can be applied to every car in train of
that length running at the rate of forty miles
an hour and that this train can be STONED
within 500 feet, or one-fourth Of its own length
and all this without any serious jolting.
WITHIN twenty-four hours recently the Their
mometer fell from summer weather to some de-
grccs below zero centigra3e in Silesia.
single DightS snowfall put an end to telegrapbic
communication. Wreaths some inches deem
places the wires were broken and poles over
turned by the fierce winds accompanying the
snow. 1t is many years since there has beon
such severe and early beginning of winter
there.
AMONG the early frequenters of HYDE Park.
London, in the winter is an elderly lady whose
regular appearance between the hours of and
furnishes pleasing incident of a morning
promenade. She enters by way Of the Marble
Arch. an attendant closely following and her
coming il the signal for the gathering of the
SDarrOWS about her. Thav eyidentIy .ccoro;xo